Month: April 2018

I would apply the resources to my own teaching practice as part of a assignment to explore faith identity. http://religiousliteracy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/ UAL has created a safe space to discuss issues in the relation academic and creative practice. After looking at Angela Drisdale Gordon pen portraits, which is icebreaker activity. I would also use this icebreaker activity to help create an environment where students are comfortable to share experiences, and beliefs without been pressured. As Kwame Anthony Appiah highlights that it is important to allow students to display the meaning of ‘their’ faith and avoid societies preconceptions. Also I would direct the students to the chaplaincy within UAL when dealing with issues associated with there pastoral needs. As Appiah claims that in thinking about religion, we have focused too much on what religious people believe and not enough on what religious people do.

Appiah, argues that there are three dimensions to religion. Yes, one of those dimensions is a body of belief. However, Appiah argues “we over-emphasise the importance of belief at the expense of two other dimensions: the rituals and social norms that people carry out as part of religious practice, and the communities within which religious practice takes place”. (Taken from Journalist, Sonia Sodha article from the Reith Lectures).

How could you integrate the research/work your students do on this subject into your teaching/professional practice?

I would use Angela Drisdale Gordon icebreaker activity to help student to research in groups, so that they can work together in their groups to create a piece of art work, that represent the diversity of their faith and spirituality.

Can you cite example? You will share yours thoughts within your groups and comment and share further resources you use in your own contest.

Discuss two things you learnt from the text. And one question/provocation you have about the text.

Two things I learned from the text: Religion in Britain: Challenges for Higher Education.’ Stimulus paper (Modood & Calhoun, 2015)

This is the first time that I have read religious literacy, and I found Stimulus paper by Tariq Modood and Craig Calhoun very interesting.

Tairiq Madood essay was very much enlightening by a way of its historical content, he highlighted that Britain is seeing flourishing of religion based identities. Whilst I might not agree with his some of views, I’m open minded and respect others and their religious beliefs.

Britain is seeing a flourishing of religious or ethno-religious or religion-based identities; these are most prominent among post-immigration minorities. Identity assertions usually cause identity reactions, and this is partly happening in relation to some white non-believers beginning to describe themselves as (culturally) Christian (though not as much as in Germany)and perhaps even more asserting a reactive secularist identity (though not on the extreme scale of France).

The second point is that most religions require the observance of rules of piety, and Britain is experiencing such practice-based religions re-entering the public space after quite a long period in which such religion has been eroded away or transformed into private belief. Both these trends give the impression of continuing and each has implications for the public sphere.